State approves highway projects
CARSON CITY -- The state Transportation Board has authorized the Nevada Department of Transportation to embark on a $900 million highway construction program for 2011.
About half, or $447 million, of the road construction, will take place in Clark County, which has more than 70 percent of the Nevada population, under the decision made unanimously Tuesday by the Transportation Board.
Washoe County, the state's second-largest county, received $210 million. Three of the seven members of the board are from Southern Nevada.
Key projects approved for Clark County include:
■ $35 million for construction of the first phase of U.S. HIghway 93 Boulder City bypass.
■ $31 million for constructing a six-lane roadway along Cactus Avenue from Silverado Ranch Road to Sunset Road and an Interstate 15 interchange at Cactus Avenue.
■ $28 million for maintenance and improvements on Interstate 15 from north of the Lamb Boulevard interchange to near the Dry Lakes rest area.
■ $24 million for roadway reconstruction and improvements on the Boulder Highway between Horizon Drive and downtown Las Vegas.
■ $21 million for a freeway management system in Las Vegas.
■ $20 million for reconstruction of the Interstate 15 interchange at Mesquite.
■ $19 million on maintenance work on Interstate 15 from Craig Road to Las Vegas Boulevard North.
■ $15 million for ramps, additional lanes and other work at the Interstate 15-U.S. Highway 95 interchange from Oakey Boulevard to Rancho Drive. Part of the Project NEON plan to move traffic in downtown Las Vegas.
■ $14 million for a six-lane overpass across Interstate 15 and a Martin Luther King Boulevard-Industrial Road connection. Part of Project NEON to improve traffic flow in downtown Las Vegas.
■ $12 million for upgrading the interchange and widening freeway on the U.S. Highway 95 coordinator at Centennial Parkway.
Contact reporter Ed Vogel at evogel@reviewjournal.com or 775-687-3901.
